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From: hakanson@orstcs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Liquid Wrench
Message-ID: <3000031@orstcs.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 11-Apr-84 04:46:00 EDT
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Posted: Wed Apr 11 04:46:00 1984
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Nf-From: orstcs!hakanson    Apr 28 11:46:00 1984

< betcha can't eat just one >

In reference to ARCO Graphite motor oil clogging up engine passages:

Some time ago I read an article (I think in Popular Science, but I'm
not sure) where they did some research into synthetic and synthetic-blend
motor oils, including the aforementioned product.  It turned out they
weren't able to find any documented cases of ARCO Graphite motor oil
causing engine damage -- by clogging oil passages or otherwise.  It seems
its one of those cases (pun unintended) of many people having heard of
someone who knew someone whose engine had its oil passages clogged with
graphite, but nobody could be found who actually had the problem.

So, you ask, why isn't ARCO Graphite available anymore?  According to
the article, ARCO couldn't sell it because it was too expensive and had
an undeserved bad reputation.

As a disclaimer, I do not now use and have never knowingly used an ARCO
motor oil of any kind in any of my vehicles.  (Pennzoil PZL 10W-40 until
lately when, because my engine is getting up in miles and slightly down in
oil pressure, I switched to Pennzoil 20W-50 "GT-Performance" motor oil.)

Marion Hakanson			CSnet:  hakanson@oregon-state
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